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Patented Mada, 13, 1894.

IMTLVESSE/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFLCE.

AUGUST GOEBEL, OF TREBNITZ, GERMANY.

MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CLIMBING HILLS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 516,372, dated March13, 1894. Application filed August 23,1393- Serial No. 483.876. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST GOEBEL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Trebnitz, in the Province of Silesia, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Facilitating theClimbing of Hills, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new andimproved device to beused in assisting persons in climbing hills, thus rendering it possiblefor Weak and sickly persons to make ascents, which'would otherwise beimpossible.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view of my improved mechanism for facilitating the climbing ofhills. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3' is a front view, andFigs. 4, 5 and 6 are details.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

On the left hand side of a path, standards a, b, c, &c., carryinggrooved pulleys a, b, and c are arranged at the inner angles A, B, O,and at the outer angles D, E, F and G, standards d, 6, g, provided withthe grooved pulleys d, e, f, g, are arranged. The pulleys a, b, c, aremounted on the turned down upper ends of the standards a, b, c, as shownin Fig. 4, and the pulleys d ef' g are mounted on the upper ends ofstandards 61, e, f, g, as shown in Fig. 5. At the top of the hill therope-drum H, and at the foot of the hill the rope-drum I, are mounted,the rotative shaft of the latter carrying a pulley K for a driving belt.An endless belt or ropeLis passed around the pulleys a b o d ef g and H,I, and by means of a suitable motor suitably located and the pulley Kthe endless belt L is moved in the direction indicated by the arrows inFig. 2. At suitable intervals, eyes or rope loopsMare provided on theendless belt or rope L, on which pull-ropes N can be hooked, the lowerends of which are fastened to belts O by means of suitable snap-hooks T,which belts O are applied to the bodies of persons who wish to ascendthe mountain or hill. As the rope L travels in the direction indicatedby the arrows, the persons are drawn upward along the surface of theincline, and need only follow the rope N, connected with their bodies.The pulleys are arranged about six feet above the surface, so that atturning points A, B, G, the persons can wait until the rope has passedsaid pulleys, and can then follow the rope again. At the turning pointsD, E, F, G, the persons follow the rope continuously and pass around thepulleys d, e .f, As the rope N is fastened to the belt by means ofhooks, the persons can detach the same whenever they desire and needonly wait for the apparatus to be brought to a standstill. The number ofstandards and rollers depends upon the number of turning points in thepath.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I 1. A device for facilitating the climbing of hills,consisting of standards arranged at the corners of a path leading up ahill, pulleys on said standards, a driving pulley, an endless ropepassing over said pulleys and the drrving pulley, and pull-ropesconnected with sa d endless ropes and means for connecting saldpull-ropes with the body, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device for facilitating the climbing of hills, the combination,with standards erected at the turns in the path, pulleys on saidstandards, anendless rope passing around said pulleys, ropes attached tothe endless ropes at intervals, and belts attached to said ropes,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the invention I have signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses AUGUST GOEBEL.

